M76
[H]F Junkie
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Hi
I've been looking for years for a case that has the air flow reversed inside. But I always come back empty handed.
I'm looking for a case, that sucks cold air from the back and exhausts hot air on the front panel. I haven't seen anything like this. The thing that comes the closest is the silverstone FT02 with the bottom to top air flow. But it has two drawbacks.
1: I'd rather not spend $300 on a computer case alone.
2: Bottom to Top air flow would mean that I have to change the position of my computer. Since there is a work area over it, that would block the top exhaust air.
The reason I'm not satisfied with conventional front to back cooling cases, is because at the back of the computer naturally there are dozens of cables, and it's all very cramped against the wall, so the hot air has nowhere to dissipate to. So as soon as I turn on the computer the ambient temperature starts to rise around it, and under stress it can be very bad. It easily goes 6-8 degrees over what the normal room temperature would be.
On top of that my current case has a 20cm side fan, but all it does is reintroducing the hot air emanating from the back of the case.
I need a full ATX case, with at least 7x3.5 drive bays and 1x5.25. OR. 5x5.25 bays and 2 3.5 bays at least.
The Corsair AIR540, could have been a good candidate, but only 2 3.5 drive bays? My mini ITX case has 6. If there are any owners out there, would it be possible to squeeze in 7 hard drives somehow?
I've been looking for years for a case that has the air flow reversed inside. But I always come back empty handed.
I'm looking for a case, that sucks cold air from the back and exhausts hot air on the front panel. I haven't seen anything like this. The thing that comes the closest is the silverstone FT02 with the bottom to top air flow. But it has two drawbacks.
1: I'd rather not spend $300 on a computer case alone.
2: Bottom to Top air flow would mean that I have to change the position of my computer. Since there is a work area over it, that would block the top exhaust air.
The reason I'm not satisfied with conventional front to back cooling cases, is because at the back of the computer naturally there are dozens of cables, and it's all very cramped against the wall, so the hot air has nowhere to dissipate to. So as soon as I turn on the computer the ambient temperature starts to rise around it, and under stress it can be very bad. It easily goes 6-8 degrees over what the normal room temperature would be.
On top of that my current case has a 20cm side fan, but all it does is reintroducing the hot air emanating from the back of the case.
I need a full ATX case, with at least 7x3.5 drive bays and 1x5.25. OR. 5x5.25 bays and 2 3.5 bays at least.
The Corsair AIR540, could have been a good candidate, but only 2 3.5 drive bays? My mini ITX case has 6. If there are any owners out there, would it be possible to squeeze in 7 hard drives somehow?